Slow Flowers Podcast

Slow Flowers Podcast


Latest Episodes

Episode 741: Dried Floral Magic with Bethany and Charles Little of Charles Little & Co.
November 05, 2025

https://youtu.be/OBDEhr2XYTs?si=PhY4qua4rCiVhSR2 The beauty of dried botanicals is a fitting topic for our first episode of November, as the interest in and demand for these preserved florals repr

Episode 740: The Lily Episode with Jessica High of Flamingo Holland Bulbs and Peterkort Roses’ Year-Round Lily Program with Norman Peterkort and Sandra Laubenthal
October 29, 2025

https://youtu.be/_Kl8Bmx6U84?si=ih_0q-H_9QvPoz3g Weve been working closely this past year with lily bulb growers around the country, with the goal of providing more lily education to both farmers

Episode 738: Santa Cruz Flower Hub’s Kelly Brown and Rooted Farmers’ Amelia Ihlo
October 22, 2025

https://youtu.be/E54I-BYySnQ?si=CUJgETTQRIc8VRPe Join me for a great conversation with farmer-florist Kelly Brown, owner of Do Right Flower Farm in Santa Cruz and founder of the Santa Cruz Flower

Episode 738: Meet Melissa Olson of Penflora Designs, a Bay Area floral studio and lifestyle shop reflecting her love of nature, the garden, and local blooms
October 15, 2025

https://youtu.be/t38z93GptXU?si=Um3XyaE1ocAKU4UA At Penflora, sustainable floristry meets thoughtful design. Founder Melissa Olson recently hosted me for a book-signing event at her Bay Area shop

Episode 737: Herbs for floral design (and the garden) with Stefani Bittner of Homestead Design Collective and Rose Loveall of Morningsun Herb Farm
October 09, 2025

https://youtu.be/celZnV8yrZg?si=pYtq6P5iOTXJOXXK Compared to the way todays guests view the role of herb plants for the landscape, for culinary and medicinal purposes, and especially for floral d

Episode 736: Meet the people, farms, and florists shaping Japan’s Slow Flowers Movement
October 02, 2025

A visit to Japan for two weeks in September was the ultimate dream come true. My husband Bruce and I, joined by three dear friends, experienced some of the countrys incomparable beauty, culture, hist

Episode 735: The magic of dahlias with Anne Long of The Dahlia House
September 24, 2025

https://youtu.be/_S5lU5VPqk8?si=nJkFjh_vDEfP4aV5 Anne Long likes to call herself a cheerleader for dahlias and many other flowers that she wants gardeners and growers to experience. I love ridicu

Episode 734: A visit to The Little Farm on Olga Road, with Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone, where customers are welcomed to harvest the beauty of flowers, herbs, and vegetables
September 17, 2025

https://youtu.be/XiAbthV5xU4?si=Ci5qiYKnqEG70vDS At The Little Farm on Olga Road on Orcas, Carol Wetzel and Allan Tone live in a small house and have devoted much of the surrounding three acres to

Episode 733: Field tour and design demonstration with Alicia Houston of Healer’s Harvest
September 10, 2025

https://youtu.be/_uKTLKHF5Zg?si=pu1QJXMfHrY2RnRs Alicia Houston is the founder of Healers Harvest, based in Poulsbo, Washington. After moving to the Pacific Northwest from San Diego to care for h

Episode 732: Celebrating Taylor Swift’s Engagement as People Magazine’s Floral Expert with Ashley Greer of Atelier Ashley Flowers
September 03, 2025

https://youtu.be/C8G7Tn-8y6E?si=8e5f8qkEfMVU1UzE The news was impossible to ignore last Tuesday, as the Internet exploded with reports of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelces engagement. For flower peo